“Corporate users said they’re hoping the chip can hasten the
arrival of small, wireless, mobile computers capable of running
full-fledged PC software.”
“Crusoe’s low power consumption is truly revolutionary, said one
analyst, but he added that much of the rest of the chip is old
technology that may have potential memory and performance
problems….”
“Just being X86-compatible gives Crusoe a real appeal,” said
Robert Zinnel, chief technologist at GTE Intelligent Networking in
Irving, Texas. “Every application you’d want is already written for
it.“